How to Get Famous the Essena O’Neill Way: Renounce Fame

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When Instagram star Essena O’Neill quit her online platforms this week proclaiming ‘social media is not real life,’ was it a genuine renunciation, or another play for publicity?

Published Nov. 5 2015 12:01AM EST

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A nearly 20-minute-long video of a teenage girl mid-emotional breakdown about how social media has ruined her life went viral this week, after she posted it on YouTube for her 200,000 followers to watch despondently.

Parents snatched their pre-adolescents’ smartphones as social media addiction experts fueled

Lizzie Crocker

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How to Get Famous the Essena O’Neill Way: Renounce Fame

When Instagram star Essena O’Neill quit her online platforms this week proclaiming ‘social media is not real life,’ was it a genuine renunciation, or another play for publicity?

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Lizzie Crocker